how display last five posts not incl most recent?

I’ve read the loop articles and stuff, i’ve tried to use the code but am struggling with errors as not a huge php buff. I’m understand that i want to use a query like

$posts = get_posts(‘numberposts=3&offset=1&category=1’);

But am unsure of how to use it within my code, i dont want to display any links or anything back to wordpress so my code atm looks like:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_date(”,'<b>’,'</b>’); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<b class=”storytitle”><?php the_title(); ?></b>
<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php the_content(__(‘(more…)’)); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

I’ve fiddled about with bits and pieces but as i say am just getting errors, can someone point me in the right direction please!