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> hand over the necessary evidence

Of course. But you shouldn't have to spill your guts about your entire life (I understand that young folk nowadays life their lives in Instagram selfies).

And more to the point, the first step for the policemen investigating a rape complaint should be to investigate the complaint, not the complainant. If the investigation of the complaint raises questions about the complainant, then there might be grounds for seizing the complainant's device. But they can't make device seizure a pre-requisite for doing their job.