A secretary has been awarded a £360,000 payout from her employers after her manager made a sexist remark.

A judge ruled Marion Konczak, 62, deserved "every penny" after former employers BAE Systems tried to pull back the huge sum claiming it was an "affront to justice" over "one sexist comment."

The Court of Appeal heard how Ms Konczak suffered a mental breakdown after being told in 2007 that "women take things more emotionally than men, whilst men tend to forget things and move on."

She took sick leave from the security company after being "bullied and harassed, including sexually" by her supervisor while working on an RAF project.

She was later sacked from the £22,000-a-year role which sparked an employment tribunal.

The tribunal upheld a complaint of sexual discrimination but either rejected or made no finding on 15 other sex discrimination complaints, the Sun reported.

It found that her dismissal had been unfair and an act of victimisation.

Mrs Konczak was eventually awarded £360,178.60 compensation in October 2014. BAE challenged the award, describing it as "grossly excessive" for what happened to her.

Three senior judges at the Court of Appeal in London backed Mrs Konczak and rejected BAE's complaints on Monday.