From a report in the Daily Mail:
"A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police added: 'A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an historic sexual offence.'"
Police Notice:
Historic means notable or significant. Historical may be the word you want since it means 'from the past' But since a sexual offence remains a sexual offence whether it was committed yesterday or ten years ago, I really wouldn't bother with any adjective at all.
However should the use of historic be truly appropriate I think a more complete explanation is owed to this prurient world. A sexual offence of epic proportion would be of genuine public interest.
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