This question relates to the seizure of a mobile phone (cell phone) in the United Kingdom, focusing on England and Wales which has a different system to Scotland.
If the police arrest someone over a rape allegation, I understand that the police take the suspect's phone as it might contain evidence. Would the police require a warrant to seize the phone, in particular if the phone is not on the suspect at the time of the arrest (say the police arrest the suspect in their home) but in another room on the shelf?
I would be curious to know if being outside at the time, or if the offence were something different, changed anything in regards to the police being able to make a seizure of a phone.